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Michael H. Whitworth

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by Martin Paul Eve — Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Charles West, Lesley A. Hall , and 2 more

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This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.
Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Francesco Nicoli

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This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Richard Price, Robert W. Wallace , and 5 more

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A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Steve Peers, Steven Van de Walle , and 1 more

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Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat
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FWIW, this is the best book on how Handsworth came together as a multicultural community in the 1960s and 1970s in the context of overtly racist government policies. Brilliant sociological study of resilience.
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by Michael H. Whitworth

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Thank you!
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We’re excited to kick off the new season of Woolf Seminars with Luca Pinelli’s talk. Registration is now open from the link below 👇

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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Karin Wahl‐Jorgensen, Catherine J. Frieman , and 1 more

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Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
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St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Brigitte Nerlich, Virginia Braun , and 6 more

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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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‘It’s not about skin’ says man who repeatedly refers to skin in speeches about ethnicity

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit
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by Michael H. Whitworth — Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Lesley A. Hall

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A long shot: does anyone have an image of Iseult Gonne’s signature?

I acquired a 1930s book signed “Iseult” on the flyleaf and, as it’s an uncommon name, wondered if it had been hers.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Justin Lewis

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RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88, her agent has confirmed. The author, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, “defined culture, writing and conversation since she was first published over fifty years ago,” said her agent Felicity Blunt. “You wouldn’t expect books categorised as bonkbusters to have so emphatically stood the test of time but Jilly wrote with acuity and insight about all things - class, sex, marriage, rivalry, grief and fertility.” Continue reading...
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Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88, her agent has confirmed. The author, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, “defined culture, writing and conversation since she was first published over fifty years ago,” said her agent Felicity Blunt. “You wouldn’t expect books categorised as bonkbusters to have so emphatically stood the test of time but Jilly wrote with acuity and insight about all things - class, sex, marriage, rivalry, grief and fertility.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Nandita Sharma, Brendan Nyhan , and 6 more

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The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.
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A student in my publishing course is interested in researching book pulping and book recycling. Do we know any work or introductory material in this area?

(Work on remainders, print runs, supply chain, raw materials all relevant, too.)
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Nick Hubble

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Reading MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle again. It was published 100 years ago next year. Kenneth Buthlay's annotated edition from 1987, published by @asls.org.uk, remains the best guide. The poem itself is as thrilling, ambitious and flawed as ever it was.
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When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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⬇️ this (claiming that Jewish donors and media leaders who support democratic ideals and the Democratic Party are funding terrorism, or are “globalists” with nefarious and selfish goals) is antisemitism, and it is scary as hell
Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’
Billionaire ticks all the boxes on the antisemitic score card as Trump attacks Democratic contributors before midterms
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by Michael H. Whitworth

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RIP Pat Fish, who died four years ago today
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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 9d
Six years ago, one of Pat’s first performances of this song, which transfixed me when I heard it a few months later at the Lexington. I love how the lyric plays on different senses of not knowing someone. #thejazzbutcher
The Jazz Butcher live by Cathimini
YouTube video by Cathy “Not Only R'n'R” Viale
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Not sure you’ve seen these images here, but in the UK they’re arresting dangerous anti genocide protestors for “supporting terrorism”. You can sleep easier knowing these thugs are off the streets.
Blind man with a walking stick being led off by a police man in a yellow vest. Two seniors in motorized wheelchairs and holding Palestine flags being loaded up into a police van by several agents.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop , and 11 more

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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Alison Phipps

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These cases of extreme, far-right racist violence targeting Muslims and people seeking asylum are being blithely ignored by most media and politicians because they see no political capital in addressing them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man arrested after fire at London asylum seekers' hotel
The blaze is being treated as a hate crime by officers investigating.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Nandita Sharma, Will Jennings , and 9 more

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Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Ben H. Ansell, Wouter Poortinga , and 2 more

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The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Simon L. Lewis, Aurélien Mondon

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NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Timothy Snyder, Anna O. Law , and 17 more

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Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Katie Barclay, Greg Walker , and 1 more

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Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...
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Tallulah Bankhead by Dorothy Wilding, 1925.
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by Tanja Bueltmann — Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Tanja Bueltmann

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It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...
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Reposted by: Michael H. Whitworth, Jonathan Wolff, Alison Phipps , and 1 more

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An admirably clear statement from Board of Deputies of British Jews and Jewish Leadership Council
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